for example, the california coastal commission says that the money from the whale tail plates goes toward funding beach cleanup days and rafting trips for some fifth-graders in high school science trips. >> over the last 25 years, 225,000 plates have been sold and that has raised almost $35 million for coastal education and stewardship. >> most of the specialty plates cost $50 to sign up and $40 more per year to renew. >>> how many of you recycle prescription pills or even candy wrappers when there is absolutely no evidence that you can actually recycle those items? this practice is known as wish cycling. i am guilty of it. in today's project earth, we take a look at an innovative service that helps you keep those items out of landfills and get them into the proper places. >> early mornings when juan lopez heads to his truck, the young man already feels inspired. >> it is noticeable that the work we are doing is making a difference. >> by diverting waste from landfills. >> a lot of positive progress for a better future, a better mindset toward recycling and where your trash is going. >> t

the committee with a positive recommendation to the full board and allow the puc to go to the coastal commission in june on the motion offered by the chair that the ordinance be sent to the board of supervisors with the recommendation of the land use committee, vice chair, preston i. preston i member peskin, i, peskin i chair. melgar i. melgar i madam chair. there are three eyes. okay. that motion passes. thank you so much , let's please go to item number two. agenda item number two is a hearing to discuss the status of the san francisco tenant right to counsel program, which guarantees that any renter facing eviction has access to free legal representation on. okay. thank you so much, supervisor preston, thank you so much for calling this hearing. the floor is yours. thank you. chair melgar, and i do have some , opening comments on this before we hear from, mayor's office of housing and community development and as they are preparing their their slides diligently, they're, by way of background, in in 2018, i wrote a ballot measure backed by the democratic socialists of america, san francisco ch

coastal highway. the former president of the spanish football federation was arrested as part of a corruption investigation. he is suspected of receiving illegal commissionsotiating a lucrative deal to stage spanish super cup competition in saudi arabia. he is also due to go on trial for sexual assault after last summer's world cup final. he denies any wrongdoing. uganda's controversy as constitutional court refused to overturn an anti-gay law that is considered one of the harshest in the world. the law imposes a life sentence and the death penalty for what it ascribes as aggravated homosexuality. the court did weaken the legislation saying parts of it violated constitutional rights. campaigners say they will take the case to uganda's supreme court. finally, the british what family is opening the door to its scottish residents, foul moral castle, for the first time ever this summer. -- balmoral castle. tickets are limited to just 40 entries a day that cost 100 pounds, about $126 u.s., and visitors can sit down for afternoon tea. as always, you can keep up with all of the days headlines at bbc.com. that's it, thank you for announcer: funding for presentati

european commission officials, meps, diplomats, volunteers, watch the oscar-winning documentary of the ukrainian journalistic press, whose team professional intuition before the war led to the eastern coastal city. we personally see visually near the second hospital, across from the church, where the buses stand, tanks entered with the inscription z. shoot, shoot. for the first time and not for the last time, the war continues, and the grief that it brings with it, mstislav chernov showed on the example of mariupol, almost three months of siege, the infrastructure that provided life in the city, russian troops were destroyed in the first days, shelling, famine, epidemics were lost. ukrainian authorities estimate at least 25,000 lives. it's a pity for the people, it's a pity for the children. is there for you meaning, who will own the city? meaning? i don't want it to belong to russia. war is like an x-ray, the author of the film quotes: words heard in mariupol. both good and bad shine through in people, at the same time strengthening these qualities. why are you stealing all this? the realities of the war, which russia called staged, are evocative. journalists documented how life died and

games and all proceeds go to coastal kids home care, the bay area's only provider of pediatric health services. >>> b.a.r.t.'s legacy fleet of trains have been in commission since 1972 and will soon be out of commission for good. just three of these legacy fleet trains are still running today since b.a.r.t. got a major upgrade in 2016 replacing the original models with modern updates but today the last of the legacy fleet trains reach their last stop. some of the cars will spend their retirement at a nearby museum. >>> major payment repairs on the north bay this weekend. westbound 37 a shutdown between vallejo and sears point. the road is expected to reopen early monday morning and caltrans crews were a turn into the same thing next weekend that will be followed up with two more shutdowns but in the eastbound direction. >>> the golden gate ferry has suspended surface between sausalito and san francisco. they turned up some sort of damage on the sausalito pier yesterday. for now, the ferry service is running golden gate transit buses. >>> and a beautiful day, but there may be some changes ahead, brian. >> by for the next few days, just steady as she goes.

on the rec and park commission agenda for march 21 is item 5e with great highway pilot project study, grant application, authorize rpd to apply for coastal conservancy grant of $1 million for great highway alternative projects. however, at the february 15 meeting of the coastal conservancy board of directors, awarded rec and park a grant of $5.5 million to implement the india basin water park phase 3 under agenda item 15, and at the coastal conservancy meeting february 15, the director stated that the conservancy have their overall budget cut by $394 million and would now be focusing on existing grants. for this and many other reasons, we strongly oppose to rpd applying for the grant to the coastal conseverancy for the great highway alternative project. thank you. >> thank you. i believe that is our last speaker, so i will close public comment at this time. commissioners. >> do i have a motion and second to approve the grant-the action item on the consent calendar, please? >> i second that. >> i need a first motion then a second. motion. second? >> second. >> all in favor of approving the items on consent calendar stay aye. >> aye. >> an

commission, but they had a really heroic rescue over the last week. on april 14th at 9:52 a.m, the sfpd marine unit responded to the coastal waterways near the great highway in fulton street, in the ocean in regard to a capsized boat. a boat carrying four individuals had capsized approximately five miles from the golden gate bridge while heading out to sea, along with the assistance of the san francisco bar pilot vessel california, the marine unit successfully rescued the four individuals from the water. all four victims were transported to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries. as the vessel is currently adrift, the coast guard broadcasts a safety security alert until it can be recovered from the water, the san francisco marine unit urges all marine mariners to check all required safety equipment and weather conditions prior to heading out to the bay, and again, this is, it's a really good thing that they were able to get out there in those conditions, frigid waters and the like, because they do believe they save the lives of four people because of their actions, another major event, this was on the golden gate bridge on the 15th of april, which w